the secretary 6 defense said these would be devastated. ly not cut our commitment to the military. ly keep america strong and get america's middle class working again. thank you, jim. >> moderator: thank you govern, thank you, mr. president. the next debate will be the vice presidential at centere college in dan ville kentucky. i'm jim, thank you and good night. [applause] [applause] [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] chars [cheering and applause] [inaudible conversations] we'll continue with the politico editors. ♪ ♪ ♪ welcome to "politico" live i'm jim executive editor of "politico." we want to welcome the viewers on "politico".com on news channel 8 and washington, d.c. globally i'm here with mike allen and ginger. we have on the trail with mitt romney this was an amazing night. i have to think back to first the bush debate think of a debate where there's a disparity of performance. thing is the best we have seen mitt romney all campaign. in many ways it's the romney that republicans have been pining for for weeks and you have barack oba